Vietnam War conscientious objector falsified Silver Star award, defrauded VA
James Lyon, 80, admitted to submitting fraudulent documents to the VA, collecting over $124,000 in disability payments.
By Eve Sampson
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Where the Pentagon can’t go, a small nonprofit searches for America’s war dead
One nonprofit is working to help the U.S. military recover its war dead as the Pentagon's budget for that mission shrinks, The War Horse reports.
By Ken McLaughlin, The War Horse
He earned the Medal of Honor in Vietnam. Why did it take decades to receive it?
A June Medal of Honor ceremony concluded a 20-year struggle that profoundly shaped the latter decades of retired Marine Corps Maj. James Capers Jr.'s life.
By Ethan Rocke, The War Horse
Vietnam veterans group criticizes ‘Honor and Remember’ flag, others call it a ‘powerful’ symbol
The flag is being proposed as a national symbol of remembrance for service members and veterans who died as a result of their military service.
Anthony Tata assumes oversight of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Families of missing service members from the Vietnam war are pushing for answers on budget cuts that have canceled MIA searches in Vietnam and Laos.
By Richard Sisk